Fun Famous People Facts

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1. More Picasso paintings have been stolen than those of any other artist.
2. The parachute was invented by da Vinci in 1515.
3. It is believed that Charles Darwin coined the term "survival of the fittest". Fact is that the philosopher, Herbert Spencer, a contemporary of Darwin, coined the phrase in 1864.
4. Churchill's secret bunker was in Neasden. It was so horrible he only went there once.
5. The chemical element Copernicum is named after Copernicus. It has the symbol Cn and atomic number 112.
6. Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime.

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